Emergency adapter for distributors



July 29, 1952 E, SCOTT 2,605,368

EMERGENCY ADAPTER FOR DISTRIBUTORS Filed Jan. 8, 1951 Emerson R. Scott 5 JNVENTOR.

Patented July 29, 1952 NT OFFICE EMERGENCY ADAPTER FOR DISTRIBUTORS Emerson R. Scott, Chicago, 111., assignor of onehalf toEarl Haney, Chicago, Ill.

7 Application January 8, 1951, Serial No. 204,999

3 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in distributors for engines of motor vehicles and more particularly to an emergency adaptor for placing on the distributor and provided with an auxiliary set of distributor points and condenser adapted for connecting to the ignition system of the engine in placeof the regular points and condenser as an emergency repair therefor.

An important object of the invention is to provide an emergency adaptor of this character v which may be easily and quickly installed on the distributor without the aid of a skilled mechanic and without changes or alterations in the construction of the distributor.

A further object is to provide an emergency adaptor which is placed between the distributor cap and base and in which the auxiliary distributor points and condenser function in place of the regular points and condenser.

Another object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efficient and dependable in operation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing the emergency adapter in its relative position for assembly between the base and cap of a distributor;

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view showing the adaptor in assembled position;

Figure 3 is a group perspective view of the shaft and connector for the adaptor; and

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the adaptor.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates the base of a conventional type of distributor which is provided with the usual vertical shaft 6 having a hexagonal cam l for making and breaking the distributor points 8. A terminal 9 is provided on the outside of the base for connecting to the ignition system of an engine (not shown) and the distributor also includes a condenser carried by the base. The upped end of shaft 6 above cam 1 is formed with a fiat side I] to provide a drive connector for the usual rotor of the distributor.

A cap I2 is .usually secured on base 5 by resilient catches 3 snapped over a flange H on the cap and when a failure of the regular points 8 0r condenser l0 occurs, an emergency adaptor, shown generally at I5, is placed between base 5 and cap I2 and comprises a hollow auxiliarybase l6 having external lugs engaged by the catches l3 of the regular base and the auxiliary base is provided with similar resilient catches l8 engaging the flange M of the cap to thus hold the cap l2 and auxiliary base IS in assembled relation on the regular base 5.

Auxiliary base I6 is provided with a plate or platform H! which is cast or otherwise secured in the base and a bushing 20 is supported centrally in the plate and in which a hollow shaft 2| is journaled.

A collar 22 is secured to the lower end of shaft 2| in a position to extend downwardly therefrom by means of a transverse pin 23 and the collar and shaft are connected to each other for rotation as a unit by a flattened side 24 on the shaft confronting an internal flattened face 25 in the collar. The lower end of collar 22 is 5 sleeved over the upper end of shaft 6 with their flattened faces confronting to drive shaft 2|.

A hexagonal cam 26 is also secured to the upper end of shaft 2| and the shaft projects above the cam and is also flattened as at 21 to rotatably connect the rotor 28 thereto, as shown in Figure 2.

An auxiliary set of distributor points 29 and condenser 30 are also mounted on plate l9 and a terminal 3| projects from one side of the auxiliary base |6 for connecting to the ignition system of the engine.

Accordingly should the regular points 8 or condenser I0 of the distributor fail, the rotor is removed from the upper end of shaft 6 and the emergency or auxiliary base I5 placed in position between the regular base and cap I2. The rotor is placed on the upper end of shaft 2| of the emergency base and the ignition system is disconnected from terminal 9 of the regular base 5 and connected to the terminal 3| of the emergency base and the distributor will then function in the usual manner.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An emergency adaptor for engine distributors of a type having a main base equipped with circuit making and breaking means and a cap for the base, and said adapter comprising an auxiliary base adapted for assembly between the main base and the cap and equipped with duplicate circuit making and breaking means, said main and said auxiliary bases each including an actuating shaft for the respective circuit making and breaking means, and means coupling said shafts to each other.

2. An emergency adaptor for engine distributors of a type having a main base equipped with circuit making and breaking means and a cap for the base, and said adapter comprising an auxiliary base adapted for assembly between the main base and the cap and equipped with duplicate circuit making and breaking means, each of said circuit making and breaking means including a shaft adapted for interchangeably mounting a rotor on its upper end, and a shaft coupler connecting said shafts to each other.

3. An emergency adaptor for engine distributors comprising a hollow body having a platform therein, said body being adapted for assembly between the regular base and cap of a distributor, a shaft journaled centrally in the platform, a cam on the upper portion of the shaft, a set of distributor points and a condenser mounted on the platform in a position for opening and closing the points by the cam, a terminal for the points and condenser adapted for connecting to the ignition system of the engine, said shaft having a flat side at its upper end adapted for attaching a rotor thereto, and a collar at the .lower end of the shaft adapted for coupling to REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Trombley Nov. 18, 1924 Number 

